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Facial recognition poses one of the biggest challenges to individuals’ private lives and the fundamental rights to data protection and privacy, EU privacy watchdog the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) said

A Security researcher alias Elliot Alderson has tweeted a serious security vulnerability in UIDAI’s mAadhaar app for Android devices. According to the researcher, the app is saving user sensitive data including the biometric data in a password protected local database which put Aadhaar data at risk.

Cybersecurity firm Gemalto said that it has been selected by Bank of Cyprus to supply the world's first EMV biometric dual interface payment card for both chip and contactless payments.

Responding to a news reports on Aadhar data leak, UIDAI said that the Aadhaar data is fully safe and secure and there has been no data leak or breach

The committee of experts headed by Justice B N Srikrishna, former judge of Supreme Court will suggest a draft data protection bill

People in Asia and the Middle East are ahead of the West when it comes to the adoption of new technologies, a global study from HSBC suggested

The new system was created by NBR officials after the previous project failed to attract taxpayers to file income tax returns online. Which is said to run a lot more automatically.

India may have made a start in recognising privacy and data security, but it is next only to Russia and China when it comes to its surveillance framework and is dubbed as a country with “systemic failure to maintain privacy safeguards”

SensibleVision CEO George Brostoff says that one of the most important areas where 3D face authentication will deliver value in India is by expanding its use as part of the Aadhaar initiative of UIDAI.

To make things more convenient and easy, Apple’s new iPhone X has removed the home screen button and has put up a face recognition technology to unlock the iPhone. The new biometric FaceID uses a 3D scan of the face as a password to unlock the device. Some of the experts say, Apple might be exposing its users to a serious security risk.